Self-storing hair-clip device for hair rollers



United States Patent O 3,469,585 SELF-STORING HAIR-CLIP DEVICE FOR HAIR ROLLERS Daisy E. Clifford, 394 W. Main St., Northhoro, Mass. 01532 Filed Mar. 18, 1968, Ser. No. 713,843

Int. Cl. A45d 2/00, 8/00 U .S. Cl. 132-40 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Background of the invention "In the hairdressing art it is customary for the usual hair rollers to be sterilized in batches, and the pins holding the strand of hair to the outside surface of the hair roller are also sterilized but handled separately. This occasions inefficient handling of the hair rollers and the pins as the hairdresser must obtain the roller from one supply and the pin from another supply, combining the two after the strand of hair is wrapped around the hair roller.

Summary of the invention This invention provides the combination of a conventional hair roller and a self-storing hair-clip, the latter having three connected resilient legs conveniently made from flat wire stock, 'two of the legs being closely associated for gripping a wall of the hair rolleii with the hair in place thereon, one leg inside the roller and the other leg overlying the strand of hair holding it in wrapped position on the roller, in combination with a third leg which is spaced from the other two and is utilized to impinge upon the interior surface of the hair roller at a position generally diametrically opposite the two hair-holding legs, whereby the hair-clip may be stored in the hair roller with all three legs thereof inside the roller, leaving the exterior of the roller free and unencumbered, both for sterilization and for storage purposes, said legs embodying a handle extending generally diametrically of the roller when the hair-clip is inserted therein, either with the hair-holding leg exterior or interior of the roller, and located adjacent an open end of the hair roller.

Brief description of the drawings FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through a generally conventional hair roller with one form of the new hair-clip shown in stored position therein, said device not being in use;

FIG. 2 is a similar view but showing the hair-clip as it appears in use;

FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but showing a modification, and

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing a further modification.

Preferred embodiments of the invention Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, a generally conventional hair roller is indicated at 10. This hair roller may be of any conventional form as well known to those ice skilled in the art but in general it is made of plastic material of generally cylindrical form and is open from end to end thereof having a series of holes through it as is customary, certain of these holes being indicated as 12, 12.

The hair-clip of the present invention as is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises a one-piece form of bent wire, plastic or any other suitable material and includes a leg 14, a second and cooperating leg 16 joined thereto as at 18, the leg 16 continuing in a transverse run as at 20 forming a third leg 12. Leg 22 is relatively widely separated from the two legs 14 and 16 which are close together. The leg 22 terminates in a looped transverse handle generally indicated at 24, comprising a pair of more or less similar runs which extend partly across the roller 10. The material of which the hair-clip is made is resilient and the leg 22, when separated from the hair roller, assumes the dotted line position, FIG. 1. Several sizes as to length and width may be made to accommodate various sizes of rollers.

It will be seen that when the clip is thrust through an open end into the hair roller 10, it will be lightly resiliently held therein due to the slight deformation of the leg 22 from the dotted line position to the solid line position of FIG. 1 and also as shown in solid lines in FIG. 2.

In the case of FIGS. 1 and 2, the handle 24 is located at the end of the clip opposite the transverse run 20 and the legs 14 and 16 have an opening between them as at 26 for the reception of the strand of hair when it is wound on roller 10 in the situation shown in FIG. 2. The legs 14 and 16 are lightly pressed together in the general manner of the well known bobby-pin, so that the hair-clip is held in position in FIG. 2 not only by the resilience of the legs 14 and 16, but also by the leg 22, inside the roller.

With this invention, when the rollers are to be removed from the hair, the operator with one motion may grasp the handle 24, slide the clip from outside the roller, FIG. 2, and slide it inside the roller as in FIG. 1, leaving the roller free to be removed, stored and sterilized with the clip included, for further use. When the operator next uses this clip and roller combination, the hair will be wound on the roller as desired by the operator and without changing position or reaching for a separate clip, as was previously necessary. The operator may grasp the clip handle 24, slide the clip from inside the roller, and slide it in place with leg 14 outside of the roller, securing the wound hair and roller in place, thereby saving much time and motion.

As shown in FIG. 3, the legs which hold the strand of hair are indicated at 14a and 16a, the loop handle at 24a and the retaining leg at 22a. In this case the operation is the same as before but the material at 20, FIGS. 1 and 2, has been done away with, and the handle has been secured as at 28 with respect to the legs 14a and 16a adjacent the joining bend 18a.

In FIG. 4 thehandle at 24b is not a loop but is merely a portion of the clip leg 22b twisted ninety degrees but again joined as at 28b to the legs at 14b and 16b adjacent the joint at 18b. Otherwise however the construction and operation of the device is the same as previously described.

It will be seen that this invention provides an extremely easily operable hair roller and hair-clip; each roller is always provided with a clip, and may be handied for sterilization, storage and dispensing exactly in the desired manner used at the present time but with the advantage that the hair-clip is substantially permanently associated with the hair roller although it is not mechanically attached thereto.

Theserollers and self-stored clips are alwayshandy and present where they are wanted for the hair stylists use. Thus, the hair stylist is relieved of the necessity of groping in a bin of separate clips. It will also be clear that the clips according to the present invention are very inexpensive to make and are easily attached to the conyentional hair roller so that there is no need to provide a separate hair roller to go with the new clips. The hair stylist can use his or her own hair rollers, and can merely apply the novel hair-clip thereto. The hair-clips are always in convenient position ready for use, and are easily manipulated by the convenient handle.

' vThis invention is also very useful in the home. One doing her own hair will find the novel clip time saving and clutter and bother is greatly reduced by having a clip and roller combination as herein instead of separate pins or clamps to hold the hair;

With this invention the operator or stylist has the advantage that the roller can be arranged flush with each otherbecause there is nothing to protrude from the open end of the rollers.

What is claimed:

1. In combination with a hair roller having a generally cylindrical wall and being hollow and open from end to end thereof,

a hair-clip device removably positioned within the roller, said hair-clip device comprising a pair of normally contacting but yieldable connected resilient leg portions, and a third resilient leg portion connected thereto in spaced relation therewith, the total width of the hair-clip device being only slightly greater than the interior diameter of the roller and having a compressed width less than the interior diameter of the roller,

said hair-clip device being normally stored wholly within said hair roller, and manually removed for use, the hair-clip device being held Within the roller 4 the hair-clip device within the roller or toextract it, said pair of leg. portions being joined at corresponding ends and separated at the opposite ends for receiving the wall of the hair roller resiliently therebetween,.one "of said pair of leg portions being exterior 'and the othe'rof the pair at the interior, the third leg portion impinging on the interior of the, hair roller wallf and 'aiding in holding the hair-clip device in this 'position, the exterior leg portionlholding a strand f hair to the roller in v theuse thereof. y; ,r

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said handle comprises a loop.

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merely by resilience, at least one of said pair of leg 3. The combination of claim 1"wherein';;said handle comprises a loop attached to the-third leg portion.

4. .T he combinationofclaim11' wherein said handle is attached to the third leg portion and to the pair of leg 5.. The combination of claim 1 wherein said handle is attached to the third leg portion and to the pair of leg portions and comprises awire loop. I I 6. The combination of claim 1 wherein said handle is attached to the third leg portion and to the' pair of leg portions and comprises a fiat twisted member.

7. The combination of claim 1 wherein the hair-clip device is an elongated bent wire form, and the handle is a loop thereof. a

. 8. The combination of claim 1 wherein the hair-clip device is an elongated bent fiat Wire and the handle is a flat twist therein.

7 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,154,179 4/1939 Murdock" 132-'40 3,030,969 4/1962 Epstein 132- 41 3,092,118 6/1963 Otto et a]. 132-40 FOREIGN PATENTS N 9,032 5/ 1956 Germany.

ROBERT PESHOCK, Primary Examiner JAMES W. MITCHELL, Assistant Examiner Us. 01.- X.R. 13246 

